The Meaning of PrayerAssociation Press, 1915 - 196 pages When anyone undertakes to study the meaning and to cultivate the habit of prayer, it is well for the person to understand, from the beginning, that he is dealing with a natural function of his life and not with an artificial addition. For instance, raising palm trees in Greenland would be an unnatural proceeding. They never were intended to grow there and never can grow there save under stress of artificial forcing. The culture of prayer would be just as strained a procedure, were it not true that the tendency to pray is native to us, that prayer is indigenous in us, that we do pray, one way or another, even though fitfully and without effect, and that we humans always have prayed and always will pray. |
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... light does the Bible throw upon these practical diffi- culties ? What was the difference in the prayer of the prodigal on leaving and returning home ? What was the essential element in prayer in the experience of Jesus ? Did Jesus ...
... light does the Bible throw upon these practical diffi- culties ? What was the difference in the prayer of the prodigal on leaving and returning home ? What was the essential element in prayer in the experience of Jesus ? Did Jesus ...
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... light , that we may have life , through Jesus Christ our Lord . Amen . - George Dawson ( 1821-1876 ) . Third Day , Third Week Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father : but ...
... light , that we may have life , through Jesus Christ our Lord . Amen . - George Dawson ( 1821-1876 ) . Third Day , Third Week Are not two sparrows sold for a penny ? and not one of them shall fall on the ground without your Father : but ...
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... light of this passage how impossible to think of saying prayers as merely a pious practice . Prayer seen in the light of this Christian truth becomes at once the claiming of our sonship , the appropriation of our heritage . All through ...
... light of this passage how impossible to think of saying prayers as merely a pious practice . Prayer seen in the light of this Christian truth becomes at once the claiming of our sonship , the appropriation of our heritage . All through ...
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... light of this truth , the prayer of the Master in Gethsemane : Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane , and saith unto his disciples , Sit ye here , while I go yonder and pray . And he took with him Peter and the two ...
... light of this truth , the prayer of the Master in Gethsemane : Then cometh Jesus with them unto a place called Gethsemane , and saith unto his disciples , Sit ye here , while I go yonder and pray . And he took with him Peter and the two ...
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... light riseth up in darkness for the godly ; grant us , in all our doubts and uncertainties , the grace to ask what Thou wouldest have us to do ; that the spirit of Wisdom may save us from all false choices , and that in Thy light we may ...
... light riseth up in darkness for the godly ; grant us , in all our doubts and uncertainties , the grace to ask what Thou wouldest have us to do ; that the spirit of Wisdom may save us from all false choices , and that in Thy light we may ...
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Ahab answer believe Bible blessing called cause Christian communion Consider DAILY READINGS dominant desire earnest earth Eternal evil experience face faith Father feel fellowship friendship gifts give glory God's grace grant Habakkuk habitual hand hear heart heaven Henry Ward Beecher Holy Holy Spirit Horace Bushnell human individual intercession Jehovah Jeremy Taylor Kingdom knowledge lives Lord man's Master Matt means mercy mind moods natural natural law never ourselves peace petition practice prayer wheel presence Psalm Psalmist READINGS First Day realm reign of law rejoice religion righteous sake Scripture secret seek servant soul speak spirit SUGGESTIONS FOR THOUGHT supplication Thine things Thomas à Kempis Thou art Thou hast thou wilt thy name Thyself tion trouble true truth unanswered unanswered prayer unselfish unto thee Walter Rauschenbusch wants Week wisdom wish words